This New Zealand plan would tax burps from cows and sheep
New Zealand's proposal to fight climate change includes taxing farmers for the amount of burps their cows and sheep emit.
Animals
Kindergartners in New Jersey raise orphaned turtles
Students along the Jersey shore participated in a program that has rescued and returned thousands of turtles to the New Jersey wetlands.
Hilary Swank rescues a woman's lost dog
Chelsea Blackwell found her lost dog — AND she got a selfie with Oscar winner Hilary Swank.
Iditarod sled dog found safe after running away from a race in March
Leon turned up 150 miles from where he made his getaway. He's skinny but otherwise safe.
Winter ticks are increasing in the warming climate, and they're killing moose calves
The warming climate has increased the number of winter ticks in Maine's north woods. Biologists are tracking calf mortality.
A bison gored a woman who got too close to it in Yellowstone National Park
The 25-year-old Ohio woman got within 10 feet of the bison before the animal gored her and tossed her 10 feet into the air. She sustained a puncture wound and other injuries.
A computer program designed to sort mice squeaks is also finding whales in the deep
By converting sounds to images, scientists can use artificial intelligence to quickly find and assess animals' calls, even deep in the ocean.
Encore: The United States' only native parrot is being studied, to save it
We know the bird can mimic human speech; now a researcher is trying to understand parrot-to-parrot communication. He's looking at the red-crowned parrot, which is the only parrot native to the U.S.
Comfort dogs have been deployed to Uvalde, Texas, from near and far
At least five organizations in and beyond the state have sent dogs to Uvalde, where they are visiting hospitals, churches and schools. Many have responded to other mass shootings across the country.
Firefighters rescued an elk calf from the ashes of the New Mexico blaze
A firefighter happened upon the motionless animal on the ground of a fire-blackened forest as he patrolled and extinguished hot spots. The calf, dubbed Cinder, is recovering at a wildlife center.